hoke
/hoʊk/verb, noun
hoke is spelled H-O-K-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, hoke means “To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hoke?
| Letters | 4: H-O-K-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hoke?
Hoke appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hoke?
- /hoʊk/
Hoke has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hoke.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hoke
Also written: hook.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with hoke?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hoke.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: okeh.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hoke
- hokes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- hoking participle, present
- hoked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoke mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.
- 2
IrelandTo scrounge, to grub.
noun
- 1
Something contrived or artificial.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hoke come from?
From hokum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).